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The Department of Sudden Departure (DSD) is a U.S. Government organization that pays out benefits to people who have lost loved ones in the Sudden Departure

About[]

The department was founded after The Sudden Departure in order to help citizens who lost family or friends. A member of the Department asks benefit applicants 150 questions about the departed before giving out any benefits. This could possibly be to try and figure out any patterns on those who vanished.

Known Questions[]

  • 1.     To your knowledge, did the departed have any food allergies?
  • 2.     To your knowledge, did the departed ever travel to Brazil?
  • 3.     To your knowledge, did the departed enjoy cooking?
  • 4.     To your knowledge, did the departed speak more than one language?
  • 5.      To your knowledge, did the departed have more than 20 sexual partners?
  •          To your knowledge, did the departed drink more than 2 alcholic beverages daily?
  •          To your knowledge, was the departed born in a hospital? 
  •          To your knowledge, did the departed ever attempt suicide?
  • 117.  In your opinion, do you believe the departed...... (unable to read)
  • 118.  To your knowledge, did the departed regularly use aerosol hairspray and or deodorant?
  • 119.  In your opinion, was the departed a charitable person? 
  • 120.  In your opinion, was the departed a religious person?
  • 121.  In your opinion, do you believe the departed is in a better place?
  • 122.  In your opinion, was the departed racist? 

Known Employees[]

Nora Durst works there.

Trivia[]

  • The Department is refered to by the various names below, but the official HBO site  refers to it as the Department of Sudden Departure.
    • U.S. Department of Sudden Departure
    • Department of Sudden Departures
    • Department of the Sudden Departure
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